Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In liturgics, that part of the prayer of consecration, as found in many liturgies, in which, after the institution and great oblation (or in some forms after the institution but before the oblation), God is called upon to send down the Holy Spirit upon the worshipers and upon the sacramental gifts. Also
epiklesis .
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- noun The part of the
Catholic Mass andEastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy in which the celebrant invokes theHoly Spirit to change the bread and wine on the altar into the body and blood of Jesus. Said at the beginning of the offeratory prayers in the Catholic Mass and at the end of the aforementioned in the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy.
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Examples
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The Eastern Christian argument that the epiclesis is the decisive moment of consecration is relatively new, dating to the counter-reformation, and represents nothing except a reflexive mirroring of the Latin position regarding the InstitutionOrthodox Church.
The Continuum 2008
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At the moment of the "epiclesis", that is, when the priest extends his hands and invokes the Holy Spirit, the phenomenon is evident.
Eucharistic Miracle de Brantigny........................ 2008
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At the moment of the "epiclesis", that is, when the priest extends his hands and invokes the Holy Spirit, the phenomenon is evident.
Archive 2008-06-08 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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At the moment of the "epiclesis", that is, when the priest extends his hands and invokes the Holy Spirit, the phenomenon is evident.
Archive 2008-09-28 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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At the moment of the "epiclesis", that is, when the priest extends his hands and invokes the Holy Spirit, the phenomenon is evident.
Eucharistic Miracle de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The bells are silent as the priest prays his epiclesis.
Tim Suttle: An Evangelical Goes To Mass Tim Suttle 2011
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The bells are silent as the priest prays his epiclesis.
Tim Suttle: An Evangelical Goes To Mass Tim Suttle 2011
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I would also add the epiclesis to your list of authentic improvements.
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He will bow over the bread and the chalice in saying the consecrating words of Christ and while invoking the Holy Spirit at the supplication or epiclesis.
Archive 2008-08-01 papabear 2008
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He will bow over the bread and the chalice in saying the consecrating words of Christ and while invoking the Holy Spirit at the supplication or epiclesis.
Archive 2008-08-03 papabear 2008
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